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Breaking Points   Krystal and Saagar discuss China's new breakthrough in AI tech surpassing US companies.   

The world’s eyes will be on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina face England in the World Cup semi-final. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive following across the planet, not least in Israel, thanks to his numerous business and security connections with the Apartheid State. From being the face of an Israeli A.I. company led and run by Israeli spies, entrusting his private security to a team of Israel secret agents, MintPress explores the reasons why Benjamin Netanyahu considers him to be his favorite football player. by Alan MacLeod Part 2 - Messi’s Israeli Handlers  The Argentinian has made multiple visits to Israel during his career. In 2013, he and his club, F.C. Barcelona, went to Israel and Palestine on a supposed “Peace Tour.” During his trip, he met and talked with Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, and glad-handed with IDF soldiers. He also donned a yarmulke and visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. Even after leaving, however, M...

Owen Jones   This is probably the quickest and clearest defeat of the US imperialist beast since WWII, as the war against Iran fully exposed the limits of US imperialist power.   Normally, we should expect the US imperialist beast to respond with a second, much more brutal attack against Iran until its final surrender. However, reports about the draining of global oil reserves to dangerously low levels due to the Strait of Hormuz "weapon" successfully used by Iran, as well as limitations related to the production of new expensive weapons by the US against Iran's much cheaper drones and missiles, made such a possible second attack appear almost impossible.

Democracy Now! The United States is continuing to bombard Iran amid an intensifying standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said on Sunday the United States had struck 140 targets in Iran. In retaliation, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted U.S. military facilities across the Middle East. “U.S. CENTCOM, Central Command, and the Pentagon at large have concealed the impact of Iranian strikes, in some cases entirely,” says Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of Drop Site News , adding that “Trump has dramatically underestimated the Iranians from the very beginning.” The escalating attacks from both sides come after Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz last week and President Trump declared the ceasefire over. Iran insists that, according to the 60-day memorandum of understanding with the United States, commercial ships going through the waterway must “coordinate” their movements with Iranian authorities, which the United States has rejected. “There ...

Danny Haiphong Iran has opened the gates of missile hell on US bases as troops casualties pile up in Jordan, and US strikes become less and less effective in countering Tehran's strategy. The UAE and Israel may be next and CENTCOM is scrambling.

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🚨The recent images of Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia are shocking evidence of Israel's abuse against Palestinian detainees. Dr. Abu Safyia has been arbitrarily detained for one and a half years without charges, while being physically abused and denied healthcare. His recent solitary… pic.twitter.com/2Zi9UUrd5f — Palestine Daily News✌️🇵🇸✌️ (@Palestinedaily1) July 19, 2026  

by Alan MacLeod Part 2 -  Leave Our Kids Alone You have probably seen a PragerU video. An estimated one-in-three Americans have. The billionaire-funded media machine is a powerful force on the American right, providing highly-produced conservative content attempting to push U.S. politics and society rightwards. Recently, however, PragerU has set its sights on children, and is seeking to hijack the American education system. Since 2023, it has signed deals with ten states – Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah – to become an official education provider, supplying books, videos, and other content to schools across the United States. Students in New Hampshire, meanwhile, can earn credits by completing online PragerU courses. And with PragerU Español, it has plans to expand into Latin America as well. Florida was the trailblazer in this phenomenon. As part of his Stop WOKE Act – a bill that sought to eradicate liberal ideology f...

MintPress News  /  Danny Haiphong  /  Drop Site News  /  Times Of India / Secular Talk They said the air defenses held. They said no bases were hit. They were lying. On July 16, Iran launched one of the largest attacks on US military facilities in modern history — roughly 100 missiles, with US Naval Support Activity Bahrain, headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, as the target. Washington is hiding the true scale of the losses. Prof. John Mearsheimer evaluates the catastrophic impact of renewed US war on Iran and why Trump is caught is a strategic disaster. American air defence systems seem to be struggling against Iranian attacks. Footage has been released showing an Iranian ballistic missiles bypassing multiple Patriot air defence missiles in Jordan, while new satellite pictures showed that Iran scored a direct hit on a similar system in Iraq.  According to a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster IRIB, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cor...

Geopolitical Economy Report Donald Trump violated the diplomatic agreement and restarted the war, bombing Iran and re-imposing a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Ben Norton explains why the US government will fail, because it has no plan and lacks leverage, whereas Tehran and its decentralized military have escalation dominance.

The Electronic Intifada Jon Elmer,  The Electronic Intifada  contributing editor, reports on the battle in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s missile and drone operations targeting US military bases across the Gulf region and Jordan.

The world’s eyes will be on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina face England in the World Cup semi-final. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive following across the planet, not least in Israel, thanks to his numerous business and security connections with the Apartheid State. From being the face of an Israeli A.I. company led and run by Israeli spies, entrusting his private security to a team of Israel secret agents, MintPress explores the reasons why Benjamin Netanyahu considers him to be his favorite football player. by Alan MacLeod Part 1 - Palling Up With Ex-Israeli Spooks  As the world’s foremost football star, Lionel Messi is understandably protective of his image. The Argentinian forward carefully picks and chooses whom he is associated with, and has signed lucrative long-term deals with enormous global brands, such as Adidas, Pepsi, and Mastercard. That is why many were surprised when, in 2020, he announced a partnership with OrCam, a relatively small...

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BREAKING: Israeli settlers are burning Palestinian homes and farmland in the village of Susya, occupied West Bank — in the middle of the night. Families are watching their homes burn. This is organized terror. Pure and simple. pic.twitter.com/xhz21SHD5a — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 16, 2026    

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal reports back from Iran, where he covered the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, documented US-Israeli war crimes and interviewed officials and others about the shattered MOU and the latest phase of war.    He also discuss his political harassment at the hands of the Trump administration, which ordered Customs and Border Patrol agents to interrogate him on his return to the US and seize his electronic devices. Former US Rep. Dennis Kucinich also joins The Grayzone to discuss the dangerous congressional bill that will effectively merge the US military with Israel's, cementing the so-called special relationship at a time when the American public is turning on Israel.

Breaking Points Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump bringing back the blockade of Iran while saying the US will charge a 20% fee for protecting the Strait of Hormuz.  Related: US empire insists on permanent war until regime change in Iran

by Alan MacLeod Part 1 PragerU is trying to take over American schools. The right-wing, pseudo-educational group is now an official educational partner in at least ten states, and blitzes children with highly questionable messaging on race, history, and politics. Even more concerning, PragerU is led by former Israeli spy, Marissa Streit, who has stated she uses the tactics and techniques honed by IDF military intelligence on the American people. Streit’s company is involved in a big-money operation targeting children with neoconservative, pro-war, pro-business, pro-Israel messaging, attempting to indoctrinate them at their youngest and most impressionable age. MintPress explores this increasingly powerful group, with ambitions to completely overhaul the American educational system. Source, links: https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-israeli-spy-behind-pragerus-plan-to-rewrite-american-education-to-indoctrinate-children/291039/ [ 2 ]

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal meets top Iranian analyst and journalist Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm in Tehran on July 9, moments after the US resumed airstrikes on Iran, and as the funeral procession for the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proceeded through Iraq. Blumenthal asks Khoshcheshm what the red flags of revenge seen throughout the funeral procession signify, and whether the many public calls for targeting the US president and his inner circle as retaliation for Khamenei's assassination, and the killings of other top Iranian leaders, are to be taken seriously.   Khoshcheshm explains why he sees a massive regional war over the horizon, and why this war may eventually reach the United States due to Trump's reckless behavior and "betrayal" of his own regional allies. Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm has taught at a number of Iranian universities and academic centers, including the International Relations Faculty of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. 

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Successive United Nations investigations have documented Israel's genocide, yet western regimes still refuse to name it or deliver the accountability their own institutions demand by Hossam Shaker Part 3 - The margins, not the centre Those faltering positions gave the strong impression that they were conferring moral immunity on the perpetrator, namely the Israeli leadership and its regular army. Prevailing European and western criticism was limited to only two reckless ministers from the Israeli government, which amounts to little, since Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are already constantly criticised within Israeli circles. Meanwhile, the government and the political leadership more broadly continue to escape direct criticism, even after the accumulation of filmed atrocities and the issuance of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself. This evasion becomes even clearer when criticism, along with some sanctions of limited e...

Iraq, Syria and the US plan to revive a historic 500-mile pipeline to Syria's Mediterranean coast as part of efforts to reduce Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz, senior Iraqi and regional officials have told Middle East Eye . An agreement to revive the pipeline, originally running from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk to Syria’s coastal town of Baniyas, is expected to be unveiled next week when Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets US President Donald Trump at the White House, the sources told MEE. Tom Barrack, Trump’s ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria and Iraq, has been working on the details of the agreement before Zaidi’s visit, which is also expected to include a stop in Texas, the US's energy hub state.  The senior Iraqi official told MEE that Barrack has developed a good working relationship with Zaidi and wants to use the pipeline as a model for business projects in the Levant that he has trumpeted as benefiting the US and local governments.  The pipeline ...

BREAKING: Israel is raining bombs on civilian areas in Gaza right now. Families have nowhere to run. Nowhere is safe. The genocide has not stopped. pic.twitter.com/lEYslQW0mn — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 12, 2026  

globinfo freexchange   A report from early July at the Atlantic Council - one of the top US imperialist think tanks - website, confirms the long-term strategy of the US empire concerning Iran. Which in short, is to buy time in order to prepare for permanent war until regime change. Only a few excerpts from the report are more than enough for someone to understand the deeper plan, unfolding in plain sight. Furthermore, it reveals that the brains of Washington's warhawks are set up for permanent war and are completely incapable of thinking different alternatives that would not necessarily include more violence and destruction. As we read:                   More significantly, the regime, following its longstanding approach, has successfully created a “new normal” in which Iranian actions that would have previously been considered casus belli now have been redefined below the threshold of war. Every US president since Jimmy Carter and Rona...

Katie Halper     Palestinian-American journalist Ramzy Baroud reacts to newly surfaced October 7 footage of Israeli commanders ordering the Hannibal Directive to target their own captured soldiers. 

The Jimmy Dore Show   Russell Dobular and Revolutionary Blackout Network’s Nick Cruse examine Donald Trump's negative comments about Communism, using them as a starting point for a broader debate comparing the economic and political systems of the United States and China. They argue that China's development, infrastructure, and anti-corruption policies have produced better outcomes for many citizens while criticizing inequality, healthcare, and public investment in the U.S. They also discuss the historical legacy of Mao Zedong, the Chinese Revolution, and the role of state planning in China's modernization, while reflecting on public opinion Russell observed during his travels. The conversation concludes by contrasting government intervention in the U.S. economy with China's model, arguing that both major parties increasingly rely on state involvement while serving different interests. 

Geopolitical Economy Report   Many Western economists and media outlets claim that Americans are wealthier than Europeans, but this is not true; it's based on a misunderstanding of the difference between average wealth and median wealth. Ben Norton explains how the extreme inequality in the US make its average wealth misleadingly look high, and why GDP per capita is not a good measurement. He debunks the myth of "Europoors", which is often spread by Donald Trump supporters.

Free Dr. Hussam Now! More than 2,500 healthcare workers have signed a petition urging RCP to publicly demand the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. pic.twitter.com/vJxaTQ1yKe — PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) July 11, 2026  

Double Down News   For decades, the Western war machine assumed its high-tech hegemony was untouchable. Not anymore...    Related: Five reasons a war with Iran will mark the final fall of US empire

Useful Idiots   Abby Martin, journalist and filmmaker behind the Empire Files, Gaza Fights for Freedom, and Cuba After Castro, returns to Useful Idiots on the premiere day of her bold new film: Earth’s Greatest Enemy. The new documentary examines how the Pentagon, exempt from international climate agreements or emissions laws and rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting, is the world’s single largest institutional polluter—spewing carbon, contaminating water, and scarring landscapes across the globe. Martin went deep into Washington as well as into the communities and ecosystems it destroyed in order to expose the truth about the US military and put pressure on its most powerful conspirators, from bought-out politicians like Nancy Pelosi to squirming army officials to corporate profiteers like Palantir’s Alex Karp. In this interview, Abby recounts the most shocking discoveries she and her team made while unraveling the story and filming where the military didn’t want them to be f...

Successive United Nations investigations have documented Israel's genocide, yet western regimes still refuse to name it or deliver the accountability their own institutions demand by Hossam Shaker Part 2 - Double standards It is entirely understandable that the allies of a regime of occupation and genocide, or those who consider themselves Israel's partners and friends, would avoid issuing a clear condemnation of conduct they themselves helped support and encourage, directly or indirectly, even if only through silence and denial of its atrocities. Throughout this prolonged season of horrors, the Israeli side has enjoyed military and political backing, as well as propagandistic cover, through carefully crafted formulas uttered by senior European and western officials. These amounted to evasive justifications for whatever war crimes and grave violations an occupying authority and its military forces might commit against a population left utterly exposed to continuous bombardment....

Netanyahu said that an Iranian nuclear strike on Israel would be like “10,000 tons of TNT falling on a country the size of New Jersey (22,610 km2).” Israel has dropped 223,000+ tonnes of explosives on Gaza (365 km2) - the equivalent of 22 nukes on 1.6% the size of New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/tr3iYpHN3I — Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) July 9, 2026  

CGTN   For many in the West, the word "communism" carries decades of Cold War associations. But does that label explain today's China? In this special edition of The Point , Australian sinologist Roland Boer and former Carter administration legal adviser Harvey Dzodin explore why the Communist Party of China (CPC) has remained in power for more than a century, and the role of governance and modernization. What has kept the CPC relevant for over 100 years? Watch the full conversation and decide for yourself. 

Geopolitical Economy Report  What is the US strategy in its war against Iran? Is the Trump administration seriously committed to negotiations to make a deal? JD Vance accidentally exposed the USA's plan, to use the talks to buy time to refill oil reserves and stabilize the economy. Ben Norton explains.

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του system failure   Θυμάμαι μια φράση που είχε ειπωθεί κάποτε σε κάποια εκπομπή της πάλαι ποτέ ποιοτικής ΕΡΤ, σχετικά με την επταετία της χούντας των συνταγματαρχών και το πως επέδρασε στον ψυχισμό του Έλληνα. 'Χάσαμε την αθωότητά μας', είναι η απόδοση αυτής της φράσης και μου φάνηκε τότε κάπως υπερβολικό, αλλά με τα χρόνια, κατάλαβα ακριβώς τι σήμαινε. Είναι δυνατόν, τα μόλις επτά χρόνια, έστω και ενός σκληρού καθεστώτος, να επηρεάσουν τόσο βαθιά τον ψυχισμό ενός ολόκληρου έθνους για δεκαετίες; Φαίνεται πως ναι.   Ο μέσος Έλληνας, που είχε συνηθίσει να υποπτεύεται τον οποιονδήποτε ως καταδότη του μαύρου καθεστώτος και άρα έπρεπε να προσέχει πως συμπεριφέρεται, αλλά και να αυτολογοκρίνεται, ανέπτυξε ανάλογα συμπεριφορικά μοτίβα και μετά την πτώση του καθεστώτος. Έγινε καχύποπτος με τον δίπλα του, αλλά και με το ίδιο το κράτος (όχι άδικα στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις), περιχαρακώθηκε γύρω από το μικρό του οικογενειακό βασίλειο και δεν ξαναβρήκε ποτέ αυτή τη "χαμένη αθωότητ...

Breaking Points  Ryan and Emily discuss mourners of the slain Ayatollah chanting death to America and Israel. 

Liu Xin   America is turning 250 years old, but this is no ordinary birthday celebration. National pride has hit a 25-year low, two rival celebrations are splitting the country, and the political and economic landscape is more fractured than ever.   In this episode of Pointcast, host Liu Xin sits down with Ben Norton, Editor-in-Chief of Geopolitical Economy Report @GeopoliticalEconomyReport, to unpack what's really going on beneath the surface of America's semiquincentennial. 

The Jimmy Dore Show   In this interview segment, investigative journalist Christian Parenti tells Jimmy Dore that modern U.S. policy toward Cuba is driven less by opposition to socialism and more by Cuba's continued sovereignty and symbolic resistance to American influence, despite decades of economic liberalization. He discusses how Cuba has increasingly embraced private enterprise while U.S. sanctions and embargoes continue to intensify, limiting investment and contributing to severe economic hardship.   The conversation also explores Cuba's historical conflicts with the CIA, including intelligence operations, the Bay of Pigs, and Cold War-era tensions, as factors shaping current U.S. policy. The interview concludes with a discussion of whether normalized relations are possible, the risks of escalating conflict, and broader questions about U.S. foreign policy and intelligence operations.

URGENT: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in immediate danger, Physicians for Human Rights Israel and his lawyer warned Saturday, after a prison visit revealed the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital bearing fresh, severe injuries to his head, eyes, ears, and neck, so disfigured his own attorney initially struggled to recognize him. 🔹Attorney Nasser Odeh, who saw Abu Safiya Thursday at the underground Rakefet interrogation facility in Nitzan Prison, said he arrived shackled hand and foot, escorted by masked guards, struggling to breathe and speak, unable to sit upright, and repeatedly on the verge of losing consciousness.  🔹Abu Safiya told him that after his Supreme Court appeal was heard June 10, four or five guards entered his solitary cell at Ganot Prison and beat him with a hammer and batons, and that since his June 24 transfer to Rakefet he has been beaten daily, losing consciousness several times without receiving medical treatment. 🔹“This is the last time you will see me,” he ...

Successive United Nations investigations have documented Israel's genocide, yet western regimes still refuse to name it or deliver the accountability their own institutions demand by Hossam Shaker Part 1 Once again, the United Nations reminds us that genocide is taking place in the Gaza Strip. A report issued on 23 June 2026 by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory documented what Israel has committed against the Palestinian people, especially children. This followed an earlier report from the same commission on 16 September 2025, which found that genocide was taking place, as well as the report of the UN special rapporteur issued on 20 October 2025. But what can meticulously documented international reports do in the face of those who have insisted on averting their eyes from declared Israeli intentions to commit genocide, ethnic cleansing, comprehensive destruction and horrific starvation - not to mention the torrent of live ima...

Katie Halper   Political scientist John Mearsheimer and economist Yanis Varoufakis argue that the US and Israel suffered a stunning defeat in Iran and that Trump may have been trapped into a war he is now trying to escape. 

Lebanon is being ethnically cleansed in real time. We warned the world that Gaza is the testing ground for a lawless new world order. pic.twitter.com/63hnywdfHV — Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) July 3, 2026 BREAKING: Israel is dropping MASSIVE bombs on civilian areas across South Lebanon. In the middle of the night. As families sleep. This is terrorism. pic.twitter.com/sNp73dwpRm — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 2, 2026  

Israel executed little Ahmed today in Gaza. An Israeli quadcopter drone dropped a bomb on him while he was filling water containers. A child was killed for trying to get water to survive. pic.twitter.com/xtYGYQHrgL — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 3, 2026  

Geopolitical Economy Report  The US-based right-wing Chinese billionaire Miles Guo (Guo Wengui), who worked closely with Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for committing $1 billion of fraud. Ben Norton explains how Western governments and media outlets support "dissidents" from countries they don't like, who are often corrupt grifters and con artists; and how fake "experts" make money by spreading absurd disinformation about China, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, etc.

Nothing justifies burning children alive while they sleep in tents in refugee camps. Nothing. Not self defense. Not human shields. Nothing. pic.twitter.com/9pqVIMEFI2 — Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) July 1, 2026  

Breaking Points   Ryan and Emily discuss leaked Oct 7 tapes of Israeli officials ordering the use of the Hannibal Directive. 

The Young Turks   Israel recognized the Armenian genocide in an official government vote. Here's why they did it. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks .